✨ Now in early access

Google Calendar for school — synced automatically from teacher emails.

BackpackBuddy reads your kids' teacher emails and turns homework, field trips, and school events into Google Calendar events with reminders — no typing, no copy-pasting. It syncs to your iPhone and Android automatically, because it's already your calendar.

No credit card required · Works with any school · Cancel anytime

🔒 We only read emails from addresses you give us — nothing else in your inbox, ever.

Backpack Buddy
Daily Digest · Tuesday, April 7
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Emma — Mrs. Johnson

Reading homework added to "Emma's School" calendar

Calendar Event
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Emma — Mrs. Johnson

Library Book Exchange — bring books!

School Event

Jack — Mr. Davis

Field trip — popup reminder set for Thursday

Reminder Set
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Synced to your phone

Shows up automatically in Apple & Google Calendar

Synced

Sound familiar?

Your calendar is only useful if things actually get on it.

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"I keep meaning to add it to my calendar"

You read the email, think "I should add that," and then... don't. By the time you remember, it's too late.

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"I forgot it was pajama day"

The email came in Tuesday. It's now Friday morning. Your kid is the only one in regular clothes — because it never made it to the calendar.

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"My phone calendar is empty for school stuff"

Work meetings, sure. Birthdays, sure. But homework and school events? Almost never — because manually entering them takes too long.

How Google Calendar sync works

1

Connect Your Google Account

Sign in with Google. Tell us your kids' teacher email addresses. That's it.

2

We Extract the Events

Our AI scans teacher emails daily, finds homework, deadlines, field trips, and activities, and checks for duplicates before creating anything.

3

Events Appear on Your Calendar

Each child gets their own Google Calendar with popup reminders — which syncs automatically to your iPhone or Android, no extra app needed.

Your school calendar, on autopilot

Set it up once. Every school event lands on the calendar you already use.

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Auto Calendar Events

Homework, field trips, picture day, early dismissal — all added to your Google Calendar automatically, with popup reminders.

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Syncs to iPhone & Android

BackpackBuddy creates a dedicated calendar per child in your Google Calendar — it syncs automatically to Apple Calendar and Android's Google Calendar app.

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Separate Calendars Per Kid

Each child gets their own calendar, so you can see everything together or filter down to just one kid's schedule.

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No Duplicate Events

BackpackBuddy checks for existing events by title and date before adding anything new, so your calendar never gets cluttered with repeats.

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Attachments Linked to Events

Newsletters, permission slips, and worksheets are saved to Google Drive and linked directly to the matching calendar event.

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Private & Secure

We never store your emails. We process and discard. Everything lives in your own Google account.

"I used to miss at least one thing per week from my kids' teachers. BackpackBuddy caught everything — the homework, the field trip form, even pajama day. I don't know how I survived without it."

— Early access parent, Montgomery County MD

Simple pricing. Cancel anytime.

Start free for 30 days. No credit card required.

Basic

For one child

$9.99 /mo

after 30-day free trial

  • 1 child · 1 teacher
  • Daily email scan
  • Auto calendar events
  • Daily digest email
  • Archive or keep in inbox
Start Free Trial

Premium

Power families

$29.99 /mo

after 30-day free trial

  • Unlimited children
  • Multiple teachers per child
  • PDF attachments → Google Drive
  • Morning + evening scans
  • Co-parent digest (2nd recipient)
  • Weekly summary email
  • 30-day catchup on signup
  • Priority support
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Google Calendar sync questions

How do school events get added to my Google Calendar?

BackpackBuddy reads teacher emails, extracts homework, events, and deadlines with Claude AI, and creates Google Calendar events automatically — complete with popup reminders.

Will these events show up on my iPhone?

Yes. BackpackBuddy creates a dedicated calendar for each child in your Google Calendar, which syncs automatically to your iPhone's built-in Calendar app once your Google account is connected under Settings > Calendar > Accounts > Google.

Do I need the Google Calendar app on Android?

No extra app is required. Android users see the new events instantly in their existing Google Calendar app.

Will I get duplicate events on my calendar?

No. BackpackBuddy checks for existing events with the same title and date before creating a new one, so your calendar stays clean even after repeated scans.

Does this work with any school's calendar system?

Yes. BackpackBuddy doesn't depend on your school's calendar system at all — it works from plain teacher emails and writes directly to your own Google Calendar, so it works with any school. Every homework reminder ends up here too.

Get school on your calendar.

Set up in 3 minutes — connect your Google account and tell us your kids' teacher emails. That's it.

🔒 We only read emails from addresses you give us — nothing else in your inbox, ever.


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No credit card required · Cancel anytime · Your data stays in your Google account.

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